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" flONRjl AGAINST WOMHJl BY MRS. M. CHAPTfcK IX. The guests were all departed the litrlito extinguished, the catie- wa as silent as death. in the voting Countess" bedroom, however, the lamp still burned. Davis via-, rh eoilv engaged in put ting away the gleaming -atm lur J'uun mistress had worn, an I. that Uoue. approached the table to replace the magnificent I 'arrell jewels in their case. Alice, who had been . i-nding lost in a delicious reverie, woke from bT dream. ishe had donned the long white pcisT noir. and tier masses ot golden hair hung uutiound over her shoulders. 'You are tired out. Davis. Co to bed," she said kindly. Leave me to put away the diamond-: I am not the lea t sleepy.'" 1 avis looked upgratefully. "Are you sure you are not tired, my lady':'" she demanded. "ignite,"' answered Alice. "Co at once it is very late." "1 wa- thinking uerhaps it would be b. tter to take the diamonds to the but ler's room. Healwhy- has the plate with him after one o! the-e festival, and he sleeps with his revolver near at hand, in case of robbers.'" Robbers:" laughed Alice, though a flight fear crossed her mind. "Why, who would dare attack the Castle, Davis? I am not afraid." "Then, good-night, my lady, and many thanks." Alice waited till the maid with drew, then locked the door. She was not nervous, although she slept in a wing away from the rest of the Castle. She returned to the table and took up the diamonds. She gaed at each with a tender look as bhe replaced them on their vel vet beds. 'His jewels!" she murmured. ''His hand has touched them.': ' Sne lifted a bracelet to her lips as she spoke, then, blushing at the ac tion, hurriedly put it In its case, re placed the leather-covered case in the small iron safe standing on the table, and locked it. She put down the key, and walked to t!ie window. It was a dark night, no moon shone; yet to Alhe it seemed as if she were gazing on the fairest picture. Why am I so happy.-'' she mur mured, wandering slowly up anldown. 'Why does my heart thrill? He spoke kindly: but it may be gonelo-morrow -or i erhaps I only dreamed he was so kind.'' She passed her hand over her eyes, then a smile of gladness came to her lace. 'Xo, no; it was real -it is real: he has asked me to meet him to-morrow. Oh, how long it seems till then! Some thing teila me that his contempt and scorn are dead -that he no longer wishes me away. If -if it could lie that he is beginning to like me? But that is tcxi great a happiness. All has tone well to-nieht. His u-Otber kissed me. and trave me her blessing: every one was kind all except Valerie and Count Jura." she shuddered. "How I dread that man! If only I dared had told Hoy what he had said! Hut it wte too soon. I must be 1 rave: and should he dare to insult me again, 1 will at peal to I ady Darrell for protection. Vaierie, too- why does she hate 'me.' She could have married Hoy in the bygone days, i have heard her fay so with her own lips to her brother: and now, when he is my my husband, she is jealous, and hates me. I do not like her. But I am stronger now -now l know he is kind and does not despise me. I will kneel and thank God tor I all His gixMlness to me." She sank beside her dainty be ', an 1 buried her fa -e in her hands. ' All was silent, save for the moaning! of the trees in the gentle autumn -breee, when, to break the silence, ! there came a decided tap at the door. ! Alice rose surprised, but not fright ened: her prayers always soothed her She opened the door, ana was amazed to see Valerie Koss in the cor ridor. ,-I am sorry lo disturb you." said Valerie gently, and smiling kindlv, "but I am rather distressed. I have drooped one of my ruby and diamond stars, and 1 grieve to lose any ot that set: it belonged to my mother.'" "Can I help you to look for it?" ( t claimed Alice in genuine sympathy. She remembered now. in that con versation with her brother Valerie had mentioned she had no valuables left but these jewels. "Oh, thank: My maid aha I have searched everywhere: and then she suddenly remembered that she beard Davis say she had picked up an orna ment belonging to some one, and 1 thought she might have brought it here "Let us look: it may be in the room.'' Alice at once lit an extra candle and Valerie, who was attired in a long, loose peignoir of crimson silk, stood gazing at the giriish figure as it moved from her with an expression of deepest malignity. "I am sure it is not with the Darrell diamonds, for i put them away my self," Alice said, snaking back her masses of hair and preparing to search the room. "How beautiful they are, and how well they become you 1 You were charming !"' Valerie uttered the words in her sweetest manner, smiling pleasantly. Alice glanced up, and, at the kind expression on the other's face, all her feelings of dislike disappeared. 'Thank you very much," she said quickly. "I can appreciate your words more than I can say, for I leared you did not like me." "Not like you, my Lady Alice ! It would be impossible to do ' anything else." "Ah, then, we may lie friend after all !'" cried the girl with joy, putting out her slender hand. "Yea friends after all," repeated Valerie, with a strange gleam coming for one instant into her eyes, and clasp iajr the hand outstretched. Against oerself a shl ver went through Alice at her fingers were held In aha sold tixht clasp, but she was too hater to sir way to presentment and fW so-night. "Caaae, let es begin onr search." CwMMiset 4rxarln UbM and E. HOLMES. bent diligently over i, while Valerie, glancing swiftiy at her, took two stes to the door, and softly and noiselessly removed the key. "I ran see it nowh-re here, but if you will wait an iiisiant 1 w ill go in o the dressing-room. It may be there. tUo'ijjh I am ahiio-t afraid to ho I think Davis would have been sure to tell III''. Vaierie made some slight answer, then as Alice d isapieared through the curtains into the ad.oining room, she 1 eni over the bed and deftly poured the contents of a smal! via! on to the lace-edged pillow. She was back dili gent y searching the mantelshelf as Alice returned. ".No. it is not there. Miss I loss." she said, feeling really distressed. "Now, what shall 1 do next?" "Nothing." Valerie answered pleas antly. "eu have already done too much, dear Ludv Alice." .she had saturated her pocket-handkerchief with the remainder of the fluid as she spoke and now drew it from her dress, leav-ins the vial hidden in her po ket. "I feel so sorry for vou," Alice, went on. "if you will let me, 1 will help you look in the morning." "Yes, I shall be ery glad if you will and now I must say good-night." Valerie held out her hand to say farewell. Alice put down the candle, and pas-ed her hand over her face. "How close the room is! Good night. What a curio. . odor"' "It is the scent on my handkerchief. I am sorry I brought it up - it is some very tiowerful perfume given me by a friend from Inuia. Do you like it?" She put the handkerchief to the girl's face as she sjxike. "It is very strong." murmured Alice faintly, feeling strangely stupid. "'es: almost too strong. Well, now I must leave you. You look so tired: it is really a shame to have roused vou. Good-night." "Good-night." replied Alice. She moved with diflieulty after Valerie, and closed the door. Her hand wandered to the key. but she was too confused to notice it was gone. "How close it is!" she murmured. "vVhere am I -all is dark." She staggered blindly toward the bed, and fell across the pillow. There are a few ea for breath, a slight struggle as it for air, and the young countess lay still and motionless as death. A few seconds elapsed, then the door was softly opened and Valerie stole in. She moved on tiptoe to the bed. "Yes," she muttered: "it has worked well. She will sleep well to-nittht. Friend -a friend to this poor puny thing? I am her enemy, as she will soon discover-to the bitter end."' She crept back to the door, and beckoned without a word to another form. In an instant Count Jura was in the room. Glancing anxiously and hur riedly round, his eves fell on the safe . ! that contained the diamonds. He opened it and took out the case. "Must you take those?" murmured Valerie w ith knit brows. He nodded. "How else can we throw shame on her? Have no fear. Th;gh these go. you will soon have others from the Earl." , Her face flushed. Count Jura moved to the bedside, and turn -d the inanimate face, lovely in its palor, round, lifting the form gently in his arms. 'You have given her enough."' he muttered. vVill it kill her?" asked Valerie in a low eager whisper. He sh'xjk his head, and a wave of contempt passed over his face. 'Xo she will live, but she is out of your path forever." ..Ti-i. . . :n 1 : . 1 l -j,. nai win you uo wun ner. "Ask no questions." retortei man. fiercely. "I have served pun ose: have the rest to me." I the your "I want to knownothing. except that I am free of her." Valerie answered with a sneer. "i will answer for that. She will 1 in my hands, and cannot escape me, I think." 'Then come quickly. Here take this cloak and hat. It will look as if she planned everything. The window must be opened, or1 they will detect the chloroform.'" While she spoke Valerie moved swiftly alxmt. then, hinging the cloak over the slender form in the Count's arms, she led the way from the room, carrying the diamonds. With gentle tread and bated breath they sto e along the corridor till they came to the door Alice had told the Count that morning led to an unin habited part of the castle. This Valerie 1 ushed ooen, and guided by the dim light of the candle she carried, the Count, clasping his precious burden close in his arms, de scended carefully the stone steps till they reached a corridor of stone that led to a door opening into the grounds. "Now can you find your way? ' whis pered Valerie. "Keepstraignt ahead." "I know: my cart is concealed there if 1,'aul has done well."' "Tnen farewell: but oni;e more bo fore we part repeat your oatb. You swear never to let fr'aul Ross molest me when once -once -I am " "Countess of Darrell," finished the Count quickly. "I swear it!" "That he shall not approach me?" "I swear it!" he repeated. "You have more jower over Paul than I imagined human creature to have if you can do this," Valerie mut tered. The C.n:nt laughed softly. "And this girl shall never come in my path again?" "Never ny my help. Good-night. We must part now. Give me the dia monds." Valerie held the candle above her head, and nodded as she handed him the case. The Count took It and gave one last glance at her before bestrode away. In her crimson gown, red-brown hair, and eyes Hashing with triumph, she looked like some spirit of evil pushing aside all good. tine Is esne-devM' muttered count Jar with a slight shudder as Valeria disappeared from his view, "but she has he) bm t claim you la my araw," ha atiao. teadiies over ike sweet, jwle face lying on his rtreat. ' i . , -v uiuo has come: before an other night you will have tiling all prua aside and be at my feet praying for mercy, which you will not get. Curve these" diamon is - how heavy they arel Hut for i'aul I would leave them ie hiud, I have the jewel 1 crave: but he must lie silenced, and with these 1 can thut his mo it h and work as I will. He drew the cloak over the girl's face a train, and cr i.t on slowly till he reached the end of the coppice. Here h-stopped and uttered alow whist, e. . Alter an mstant s sih-n -e. a mans i lorm crept I nun tlie ou.-ues. "All right?" he breathed. Yc. Where is the cart? "Here to the rit'ht. You are late; I though: you were never coining." "Got the. swag safe, I'aul'"'" askxl the t ount a- ne handed the diamonds to the other. "Yes; but you have not done much, there are only three cuj.s and a gold plat.-.'- "It is a lion's den, my good I'aul, so clo-ely guar Jed: I have dune my ix-st. Now Tend the way to the cart, my arms are tu.l." "What have you got there?" asked I'aul suspiciously, dimly seeing the burden in the darkness. A woman. "George, are you mad?"' "No perfectly sane. Lead on." "A woman! Vhat are vou going to do with such a burden on your hands? A woman! What a fool!" "Hold vour tongue!" hissed the Count, suddenly changing his tone! "beware how you talk to me, i ou are forgettinsr vo.ir-elf. Haul Koss. " There was a change at once in Paul's manner. "You surprised me." he said, hur riedly, "it is not like you. Hut let's hurry: here is the cart." TheCount wrapped the cloak round the girl, and together they placed her at the Uitlorn of the cart. "Put this over your fine clothes. George," said Paul, flinging his com panion a smock frock, "and draw this over your eyes, in case we meet any one on the road. Wo must say we've just come back from Xestley town.we've Is-en to sell a cow. It's market dav to-day, so that will answer well. But I don't think we shall be questioned." The Count slipped the loose blouse over his evening dress and donned the slouch hat then both men mounted the cart, and drove slowly out of their hid ing place to the lonely country road that led through a deserted part to the old abbey ruins, while on the rough planks lay the still form of Hoy Dur- nell s young wile, ignorant ox tne misery in Btore for her, wrapped in deep and dark oblivion. Hoy, Karl of Darrell, woke early next morning. A strange delightful feeling tilled his heart directly his eyes onened. What was it? Never in all nis life had he experinced so great a happiness as seemed to live within him now. A vision of a fair, pure, lovely face rose to bis mind and solved the mys tery. It was love. Ye', love had come to him love for another, and that otner not the stately handsome Valerie Ross, but his simple low-born wife, Lady Alice. The memory of her girlish sweet-nes-und mannerof the night before, her faltering- li and great, wondrous, starlike eyes, made his heart thrill with a tenderness that amaed him. Now he knew that ho had never loved Valerie, he had admired and liked her, he had treasured her as a friend, but he had never loved till now. True, he had thought of making her his wife, but his feelings had been born rather of admiration of her beauty and the knowledge that she would prove acceptable to his mother. Kor a brief moment a vague passion filled his heart for her, but it had come from piqued pride and justice, when his dead friend Eustace Rivers unsigned Valerie to him and dissuaded him irom marrying her. TO HE OONTINUr D. Men Tiitern. Thefe'ief is very genera! through out India that men are turned into tigers by eating of a certain root. It is supposed that tigers who destroy many human beings are men who have partaken of this peculiar root The hariniant, chief of iJcori, re lated to the author of "Rambles and l.ecollectlorjs" the following anecdo'e: "Tne tigers which now Infest the woods from Sagar to I'eorl are neither more nor less than men turned into timers a thing which often takes place in the woods of Central India. The only visible difference lietween the two is that the metamorphosed tiger has no tail, wh !e tbe lora, or ordinary tiger, has a very long one. 'Iu the jungle about Deorl there is a root which If a man eat of be is converted into a tiger on the spot; arm If in this state he can cat of an other root, he becomes a man again. When I was a tnjy a melancholy in stance of the root-eating occurred. "My father's washerman, l'aghu, was, like all washermen, a great drunkard, and being seized with a violent desire to ascertain what a man felt In the state of a tiger, he we it one day to the Jungle and brought home two of these roots, and desired his wife to stand by with one of them, and the Instant she saw him assume the tiger shape, to thrust it into his mouth. "The washerman ate his root and lcame instantly a tige; but Mis wife was so terrified at tne sight of her husband in this form that he ran off with the antidote tn her hand. "l'oor old I!aghu took to the woods and there ate a good many of his old friends from neighboring villages; but he was at last shot, and recog nized from the circumstance of his having no tail. 'M ou may be o,uite sure," conclud ed San man t, "when you hear of a tiger w thout a tall, that it It some unfortunate man who has eaten of that root; and of all the tigers be will be found tbe moct mischievous." Tbe fiarimant religiously believes" tbe truth of this story, aod so do bis attendants and mine; and out of a population of thirty thousand la tbe town of Hecsr, not one would doubt tbe story of tbe washerman u be ktttfdlt ARE THt CHILDREN AT HOe' KcU 'lay hu ' ti kI'w ot llw aunaet !i in 11m, vrtittro ky A ud thff waeutM uri of i-Uyuig go trip lug lightly !y, I tiol iwav ti . in uiy liu.liB-id & b rlta in th nty i hair, Amlvat' b from the 0)a aHiry tbt-fr fres fre.h hjj1 lair AIor.e in tb"i-ar eld buiii.-nteid, tbat once vu ( .11 of iifa hiiiin ailtj ir Iat:gh rr, &hiiig boytug rif. Watao are waiting tie thr. and oft aa the Mlll.d -wft i i lufl With irrmulnu oi,-e t.e -tU me : "It U Digtit. are we ri.it :rm ton M lov I ,igi li itiie lorit Nk, biin grmlv; "they're all Al:i 1 miUJ IB ly iUl.er ir, ble a roug I M't an i to a, ; Td tb rid iiinn dr" lo niuiiil)r wiib hi bf ! I uu hia ii&n.l. And I i ell i xuwelf the m tuls-r bon e lu tbe U-rl0r ian i j Houi w,,t e umi" a aorrow Rbnlldlui lb ir es Willi t-HIK j Ub-ie :lit uiiMf lfl 1, on -hs:n tbikiug'j nil 1 hv fttiumirr yrar,. I .bow -yri rny ar:u-. arc (ruiiity tbat foo lly full- J M'VrD. And tlie uiu'Ler lu art wi;b n ine U almont alarted f, r Leaven. A 1reHth. unit tl vialuii It lifltd awsy on tt e i tin o: I'Hb. Aid niu e iu lire together, all alr.ne tn tbe Tiiey o-H me bis mind In failing, but I nulla at til in fri, - He Uunly ktk wiib 'be cblldr, n In tbe d.-ar and jw-fuM ears And at ill. an Thmuiuuier am set fades away m tbe went. And the tee mn. tiri-d of pliyiug go troojilng liomr to r--t, My hiifcliaut mill" from hlno.rner: -say, love. havr th -rlnl iren rMiue?" And I viewer, with eves uj lltied: "Ye, d ar. tbe. ar all at boun ." Margaret E. siigter in C'lil' ag j Inter Ocean. i m rpiii; fViFYTV lA II? A l 1 Wit jVi y 1 I r .-VI Ji. "Hello, Kph, goln' to take fut pri.i- on sotucthln' er otb.er.at the fair next week?" The Rieaker lounged up to the wagon where sat Kphraim 1( ggs, his brown tace matching in hue his rough clothing, his lorm slouched in a lazy stoop. 'Yeu bet " era; hatically replied Mr. Higgs. "I b'en look in' over th' neighborhood, an' Mow 'at thi r' ain't a punkin in th' country erUiut'at km beat mine. This yer's the fust fair 'at we've helt in C'nianche County, an' 1 made up my mind ter take some fust pri e er sto farmin', an' the hot weather's kinder stunted all o' my trucK, 'ceptiu' in thet little crick corner, where my pu.ikins were plained; but they're whoppers, an' you may count on seein' 'em." With a ".-o long, .Jim!" Kphraim chrlped to his horses, and slowly drove down the street and out on the broad country road. Neither of the speakers were aware that the r brie colloquy had had an Interesting I stener, but Inside the hot little shop advertised as the Cotu manch" Citv Ice Cream l'arlors," couilortabl) eating pale-looking c eain, sat a woman, who. after the wagon had leen started up the street, gat ga.lng aft r it her face alive with a downing idea A woman of large bone ard spare flesh she was, with a sun tanned face, out of which i!ashed a pair ol black eves not a pretty woman at ail, but yet with a wholesome, capable air about her. Her gingham sunhonnct lay ou a chair beside her, arid she had looos encd the white handke chief alxjut the neck of her dark calico dress, as she sat resting and regaling herself. After the wagon had finally pa-sed out of sight she nodded to herself and soliloquized: es, that's yeur way. Kph Ulgts. Yeu allays want tew te sure uv a thing afore yeu go Inter it. Yeu wuz sure uv Cilly I'ar-n-s comp'ny thet night fifteen years ao at the spcllin' school back in Ohio, an' when y-u wuz sure uv it, yeu never stooped at givin' roe the th' mitten. Yc're th' on'y man -at ever treated mc so, an' I ain't likely tew feridt It, neither." She dipped the pewter spoon again into the dish, and Hn.shcd her ire cream before sire resumed her solilo quy: Y'e've 8j,lei all th' putikins in the country, but yeu overlooked thet little patch down on th' second river bottom on Widdrr Morrison's farm, jest ez ye've overlooked th' col' fact 'at thet same Widder Morrison's tiii buddy els'n th Mellissy Jones 'at yeu snubted ont-u Yeu've never seen my face y it, but ef nothin' happens nex' week when th' fair opens, I'll show you some uv my punkins, an' I'll pay otf what I've been owln' yeu so long" And Widow Mcrrisoti. tbe sole pa tron at that hour of the "l'arlors." having paid her hill from a well stocked purse, tied her bonnet, loosened her own strong team from its post on the shad side of the street, mounted the seat of her own farm wagon and started home.. The day before the opening of the "First Annual Fair of Comanche County' was a busv one. for the ex hibitors and the superintendents of the divi ons. I'ri e chickens, hair work, I'.erk shire hogs. potatoes, patch-work quilM, &weet corn, card lrfiard air-cas-tlcs, and other exhibits crowded In fast and were laborously entered. F.arly in the day Kphraim Hlggs drove up and stopped at the door of Exposition Mall, careTuily unloaded hlsgold n treasures five great pump kins. As be ostentatiously lu.ged them into tlie hall, a murmur of praise spread about the room. They were large pumpkins and no mistake, o,ulte dwarfing the other specimens that had been entered. Tret!) sizable, eh?" 'uestioned Mr. Hlggs, with a carelessly triumph ant air. "I reckon 'at I'll carry home one lot uv yeur blue ribbons. Kf 1 don't 111 eat my ol hat!" he concluded, in a burst of confidence. Fr?m ail dlrcctl-ms and distar.ces wagons came down the winding prs.rlo roads the next day lathers, mother, children, and hired help bringing .-teat baskets of luncheon with tbe Intontioti of spending a bole day. fclpdralm went early. A number of sequaittiauces were making exceed- ngly merry on the steps tbat led tbe aghcu tural display, to - one of them called out, hantcringly "Well. Kph, cu better git reii.lr tew rtit veur ol' hat. fer ye'll hev It tew do!'' This, with the !:u.l guffaw that followed it, gave Kp irai u to under utan l what ha I happened, and, as pal, ed, he rushed within doors. ( id the. lowest, of the tank of steps that had tied) biiiit to hold tl e di play, lay the smaller pumpk n aUive them the five that I e had en teied, and above them, each rclip Ing in si e the corresponding one t low la? tl e more. A he stared, euch shining, golden gloU seeuicd o take on a leer of ca lie t: tuui:ih. He stood in a-l n- ishnient, bis hat pushed back, his knees lnt forward. At last he ejaculated: -Wal. 1 vow! Who in th' nation brung 'em?" 1 did." snapped a voice beside hi in. Ami he turned to sec the up -alter, who Umuel in hand stoixl looking su-adily at him. Kor a moment he stared in slow recognition, then draw I 'd: 'Why, Meli-isv Jonej!" "Nik sir .Nirs. Morrison, Mr. Rings" with an elaborately stiff bow. "1 thought it wu. a pritty good way tew couie up 'ilh yeu fer the orn'rv way yeu tied ted tue th' las' time 1 ever saw ;,eu, an-1 inougtityoii tuignt ; iike tew know 'at some one else in ! C'iiih che County can raise punklns' 'cept a Hik'tfs." And with head held high, she passed on. Kach day of the 'air, Kphraim ling- j ered about the pumpkins. and each Morrison, : day, meeting the Widow strove to draw her Into conversation; 1 but her acerbity did not diminish. ! On the last afternoon he met her ; there, looking at the string of cot tony blue riblion attached to her i largest pumpkin. "I'm glad, Melissy," he began, awkwardly, "at yeu tfot it. I did treat vou mean ihct time, but I'm willin' tew remldy it now. I've ahem got a good faim, but it's i rittv well run down, an' I need ' some otic to help me. an' an' ahem' , ef yeu're willlti' ahem! I think I yeu'd lie ,est th' one, an' then I c'd Iook after your farm along 'ith my own, an' I'd be repairing th' damage ! I done yeu onct." j She looked at him for one uncom ; fortatilc minute, a sparkle In r.er black eyes, a sardonic smile on her lips. "-o, Kph Higgs you want tew re : pair the damage bv makin' me your hired girl, 'ithout wages, an' takln' my farm to run down along 'ith your own! My farm's not run down, an' I dont Intend it shall lie, an' I Keep my own hired girl, an' pay her out o' my money, an' nex' week my young est sister, who's a widder like my se f, is couiin' West 'ith her two 1 blessed child.cn, and we're gotn' tew j be the happiest fam'ly in creation. J An' ef I marry, which ain't proh'ble, ; I'll not marry a man 'at let his mother die in the poor-house!" She knotted her bonnet strings decidedly, as sne concluded. -'This air a satis fyin' moment fer me, Kijh Higgs. 1 brung them punkins here merely tew kind uv pay Int'rcston th' ologrudge, ; an' And 'at I kin pay th' whole thing an' return th' mitten you gave me ' fifteen vears ago!" ,he left him then, for there was really nothing more to be said. Ex change. Care In Diphtheria. As diphtheria is so very erious a disease, whenever a child seems languid and miserable, fretful and depre-eed, without apparent cause, examine the throat earebully, writes El saleth liobinsou hcovil in a very valuable article on "( are in Infect ious luseases"' In the Ladies' Home Journal, if it is swollen and covered with patches of gray membrane look ing like slate-pencil dust, send for the doctor. It is always safest to have medical advice when the throat is affected. I "rail the doctor comes keep the child in lied. If the throat Is pain ful procure a lump of lime, jnir cold water ujion it; when the effervesc ence suiisldes strain o!f the clear water and apply it to the throat with a brush or swab, If the child is old enoujlit the tiiroat can he garled wit.h the lime-water. Inhaling the steam from a p ichcr of boiling water sometimes give relief. The neck may lie rubbed with warm oil and bound with I'aiinil. Milk either hot or cold, should be given every two houts The cold milk may have the white oi an egg shaken with each cupful. Strong beef-tea can be given and the doctor may order stimulant.. The strength must I, S ip, orted by nourishing liijuid f od. Held for Typewriter. The typewriter Is beginning to make considerable progress ir, I- ranco. says the New York Sun. This is good news for all the rest of the world, because if there is a tountry under the sun where typewriters are sadly needed, that country is Irancc. With all due respect for our noble Gallic friends, we arc bound to say that their handwriting la often the most abominable that was ever put on paier. The microscopical manuscript of tbe average Frenchman Ih the hrfrror of other people. A glance at it Is enough to make one bell- ve that the writers of ftuch are extremely near lighted, or, that their pens, are made out of the toenails of mos'iuitoes. but the typewriter Is a rattling re former. Let us hope that It will wipe out of existence the i rle-i unit chirography 0f the French,, "Vire la machine a ecrlre, messieurs!" This grave need never assoclato with the gay unless they choose, But, J the gay must eventually go to too grate. k. he come up, ON Of iNVM-i. JI.e I rish! fill H "' llee in iK-re i Nervousness has become the na tional J. seise of America. Accord ing to Samuel Weir i it-bell, presi dent of the .Medical Soci-iV of ieuu siiva.i the j.ropoitiou of nerve .iculln has iiiiiituiied moie than ;wer.tv time, in the la-t forty vears, .Hid at pre en t netve ilea si numl-cr more thio one -fourth of a l th'? .u-aths re orded. Ad th fearful 1 ss of I fe occuis mainly among u t)H p-opie of Kith se .es. While Hie American climate is chb'Cy rcsnotisible lor this painful end tion. there a e two ot er lorm idabie enemies lo the national Ii alih, th.' . lobar dcul and the school tle,.d, vv,i-L.s Edward Wakefield in M i lure's Magadne The former at tacks j arln uiaiiy wales, the latter toinale-; but txilh sexes are more or )e-s ep'i-e to the main Influence of bo I) evils. l tie nower oi .-u,ii can woinaiihool is wilted by over culture betore it comes fully into biooiu. The long houts, the multi plied of studies, the numl cr or teachers-each strinng to get the utmost out of the pupil "ie trav'crf r'v alry to le well-graded, the all-devouring ambition to command a means of livim. the hurried or ne glected meals, the want of exercise, and the lata! irregularity that it en tails, the gnawing worry that mur ders sleep it is these, and these aione, that condemns tens of thou sands of American wemen to a lite of misery and uselessnes-s before they have ceased to I children, l'r. Mitchell deliberately maintains that for all the lst purposes of female so ciety, it would tie Utter that Ameri can girls wete not edu a led at all un til they are I ,", than that they were overwrought, as they are at present. They study seven or eight hours a day, when two or three would be sudleicnt to kecplheir intelligence la training, and all for what? To Boend their after vears on a sofa or In a sick room, and to be a burden Instead of a help to those who are dearest U them. It is a tremendous savinu, fr'am one Meaning with au thor. tv. tfn,t as much domestic un happlness liyaused in America by nei -vousne-sVimong women as by dram-drinking among men. Yet such Is I r. V?f Mitchell's vcrdlct.f lie holds that t" cry girl ought to be examined as to l;r nervous tempera ment when about to go to school, and at frequent inter tls afterward; that leisure, exercise, - and wholesome meals ought to be ln-isted urxm; and that studies ought U. be compulsor ily diminished, or dlst intinued alto gether, the moment t, c well-known signs of overstrain aptsar. If girls are maintained in noma nervous condition until th -y are '7, they may study almost as hard as hey please a.tarwards without imperiling their woman's life. Hut let the e bo no mistake atiout it Overwor andin-- natural worry from or l toll nicar ruin and wretchedness from IT till early death. As for the dollar devil, Us power is manifested in that wide spread com plaint which physicians call cerebral exhaustion. The American male stands the racket of 'he schools much better than the female. He takes more exercise and he has not the troubles of puberty to contend against. Iiut he meets his fate very shortly afterwards. He goes to busi ness far too young and he straight way consumes his vital energy till nothing is left but dust and ashes. His often pointed out with pride that America Is the country of youn men; and so it is We quite usually i see here :abors anil responsibilities j iKjrue by mere boys, w hich nowhere ; else would be undertaken by many i under middle age- That Is very stritiking and Interesting to the cas i ual observer, i'.ut what it means to i such observers as Dr. Weir Mitchell ; is, that America is the country of j young invalids, young wrecks, young I drug victims, young inebriates, young maniacs, young suicides. I he pre mamreticss of buini-s responsibility, the frantic haste to bo rich and w crful produce in plain sight what Is nothing short of a frightful general social evil. The most appalling cases of nervous disease that the doctor ! meets with are those of young men, i in the hL'hcst posts, who entered business Hie too eariy, and suddenly encountered periods of excessive ! anxiety and grave responsibility, it would have been a mercy to them if thev had been stree!-sweeers or coal p rters instead of railroad presidents ! or b.i'.k managers. Chliicm AOrcTlatlon. A lady in Hong hone enlaced a Chinese cook. When the Celestial came, among other things she asked his name "iy name," said the Chinaman, smiling, ' is Wang Hang Ho." Oh. I can't remember all that," said l mo Lady, "1 wi 1 call youdobn." Next morning when John came up to get his orders ho smiled all over, and looking Inquiring, y at his mis tress, a-ked: What is your riaraec?" , 'My namo Is Mrs. Melville Lan don." "Me no mcmble all that," said John. "Chinaman he no savey Mrs. Mem but Landoo 1 call you Tommy. " boston (Jlobe. A Cunning Illrd. Ad Intellectual canary which be longs to a Nova Scotia damsel, one day lound tbe water in lu glass too" low to ivtach, and, after several un successful attempts to drink, nopiwd on lu perch, and sat quietly for a few minutes. Suddenly It turned round, pulled a loose feather out of Its tall, and dipped tbe tip Into to tbe water, putting Its i law crosswise on. tbe feather, and wetting Its beak fa tlie moisture. Tbe canary repeated tbe trie several times, tilt Its ifalfst was I quenched. f , ' 1 "-' t.'ry. f 1 ' . i c :y s .v-1 'tV'-' '') ,',5